hat tip karisa who always seems to be a step ahead on me as to whats cool
update: apparently karisa is two years behind! from the Technology editor of the times: “It’s a cool video but from 2007. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4217348.html “
theres lots of competition for women
i lose out to guys like Vincent Dooley constantly.
is that if you allow girls to sleep over, you’ll never get any sleep
like most men, at a certain time of the evening, i pass out. not just that but i sleep like a rock.
maybe it was living in isla vista for four years, maybe it was my time in the xbi, maybe its my unflinching belief in Jesus; but for some reason if i hear a bump in the night or a creek in the belfry or a sound in the garage, im gonna let it be.
women however are not so trusting. at least the ones who find themselves in my tiny part of hollywood. not only do they stir and alert me if something sounds amiss, but they wont go back to sleep even if i investigate the situation.
last night i thought it would be simpler if i took out my hand gun and shot at the noise by the poolhouse until the only commotion remain were the barking dogs who were complaining that now their sleep was disturbed.
as i crawled back into bed she sat there wide eyed with a huge list of questions and then followup questions.
but i fixed the problem baby.
but what was it?
whatever it was its gone now, sweetness. gone to a better place. gone to maybe a worse place but gone. gone with the wind.
but dont you want to call the police or an ambulance or i dont know, poke it with a stick?
only one thing i wanna poke with a stick my love i said and its not the weather girl on kcal with the tight sweaters.
but the soft moans of death filling out its paperwork creeped over the bubbling of the hot tub and ruined any chance at romance
and next time im just gonna let the boogey man make his bumps in the night so i can continue to count sheep.
the jackson five was my first concert
which makes me one of the luckiest people ever.
but with great luck comes great responsibility. and it also brings great challenges.
for example, how can you top the jackson five in the seventies?
ac/dc in the eighties, of course.
grunge in the 90s.
and sxsw each march.
yes i have decided i will be going to the rock to find the next real deal. it might be an existing group, it might be a new one, it might be something old thats redefined itself.
odds are it wont be one amazing family, but chances are magic will be in texas during the onslaught of 1,500 bands spread out during a handful of nights as passion yearns to be set free.
i will be blogging about it here there and everywhere.
i will be tweetting, i will be live blogging, i will be video blogging, i will be soaking it up and squeezing it out like the german made sham-wah.
for each of you,
beware of the imitators.
at a tiny club called the echoplex? yex
did Janes addiction play about 1 miles from my house in november at a tiny club called El Cid?
El Yeah, boyeeeeee
both doing their best conan obrien impersonations.
sass: When and where do you think Raymi and Phil are getting married?
december 31, 2010
las vegas, nevada
zona: Do I buy the house with the great view or the house that’s brand new?
i once lived fifty yards from the ocean. the house had a balcony over the front door so you could sit on that thing and just check everything out, like sunsets, sunrises, etc. it was priceless. also, sometimes older houses, even not that much older places, have charm and style that they just dont do any more. id take the view.
adrienne: did you have a black/death list for 2009? john goodman was the only dark horse i could come up with.
you know you make me realize i hadnt made a dark list. but its probably just as well because i usually just ended up making a list of people i hoped die that year, which although harmless, is sorta mean.
Mike: What do you think of the World Baseball Classic?
i love it. growing up in illinois i knew very little about geography. something like this can help kids learn that not everyone who speaks spanish is from mexico and not everyone who uses chopsticks come from china.
adriel: what’s the weather like there in april?!
theres really only two types of weather in LA. rainy and cold; and sunny and warm. right now we are in the rainy and cold part. its about to end in about two weeks. pack yr sunscreen.
g/d: runways or subways+?
runaways
BobD: Should I sell all of my extra Cubs / Sox bleacher tix for the June 16-18 series at Wrigley or hold on to one for Tony Pierce?
in the name of doing something different in order to reverse the curse, i think this year i might have to take you up on that generous offer since this is the year. old styles on me.
bp: Are you watching the Oscars this year or are awards shows a thing of the past?
i dont believe that you can compare two works of art to each other and decide which is the best. likewise i think our obsession with celebrity is a celebration that often focuses on many of the wrong traits of modern human life. so yes i have two tivos going and a pizza ordered which someone very nice is going to bring over along with something uncomfortable to slip out of.
Will Campbell: Like you I’m a Sirius/XM subscriber. Have been for more than four years. My old in-car/boombox unit doesn’t get any of the new XM channels so I’m thinking of upgrading to one of the hand-held models. My myriad questions are: Do you roll with a hand-held and if so how’s that working for ya, and should I bother spending the kinda green required given the precarious financial state of Sirius at the present?
i have the stiletto 2. its not the best device. the battery goes quickly, it can get very hot. it isnt intuitive. it doesnt remember what you like. the headphones that include a built-in antennae is bulky and freakish, and doesn’t work all that well in regards to pulling in the signal.
timmay!!!!!: have you ever had surgery?
only during my more active times working in the xbi.
Sarah: What do you think about my post on LAist about Rihanna?
i thought your post was fine, and any time one of your so called competitors whines in your comments then youve earned bonus points. blogs like LAist should continue to mine hidden treasures found in the nooks unblogged by the msm. be that punk rock at the smell, special projects like the neighborhood project and laistory, or posting a photo that everyone is talking about but not everyone is showing.
blogs exist because they fill a void, blogs that refuse to do so become void.
Vinny: What is your favorite Weezer album? And what is your favorite song of that album?
even though i tossed it in the back of my explorer after a few plays for not being another blue album, several months later i gave pinkerton a second try and something happened – i couldnt stop listening to it. “across the sea” is one of my all time favorite songs ever.
with that said, i use it every day. its the best and easiest way to record and subscribe to ones favorite shows. it allows you to skip through the commercials easily. and even though it is expensive and sorta crappy, as a howard stern fan im glad i have it because its the most satisfying way to keep up with the show.
your friendly librarian: what is the last book you read?
a lot of my days are spent reading. be it emails or blogs or html code or newspapers or text messages or chats, that when i went to the bookstore the other day to get a gift i saw david lachapelle’s “heaven to hell” and i flipped through it and its colors and subjects jumped off the page. ive “read” every page and been so inspired.
Ali: Who (living or dead) would be involved in your fantasy threesome?
thats easy, lily and lemei. unrelated: happy birthday, ladies.
keir: Should I feel bad for not hating the new U2 album as much as I thought I would?
deep down, u2s actually talented. not many bands can put out seven classic records in a row. we shouldnt be surprised if theres a few more left in em.
genny: when are you going to update your sidebar links to other blogs and drop those who do not blog anymore.. Hi FOXXY and jimh!!! will you be give some nerbies a shot at an anna??
jimh, like jeff solomon and ben sullivan and bwg and johnny woo (and many of my friends), is secretly playing a game called i can be the nicest man on earth. and foxxy… ive met my fair share of women, and shes, well, i have a wall in my bedroom with pictures of really close friends and girlfriends and celebrities. technically shes not any of those things, but she definately belongs on that wall and i look at her picture all the time, which is why i keep those spaces warm for them.
Like a waffling yard sale lady who, push come to shove, simply couldn’t part with her prized collection of People “Sexiest Man Alives,” Nick Denton has succumbed to a crippling case of seller’s remorse.
As a result, Defamer is being absorbed into the company’s power-crazed flagship title. Defamer posts will now appear under http://defamer.com/, while simultaneously feeding into the Gawker homepage.
Gawker’s managing editor Gabriel Snyder, a former West Coaster who covered Hollywood for Variety and W, will oversee the transition. As for your trusty Defamer team, we’ve opted to explore new horizons. Stv, Kyle, the McCluskey Twins, and myself will be here through the remainder of the week. Watch this space for exciting announcements on what’s to come.
Questions? Observations? Muffled sobs? Leave them in the comments. Media inquiries: Ask Mr. Denton directly. (Read his take here.) Gawker is hiring someone to cover Hollywood gossip. Applications, and all other matters, to Gabriel.
there are some bloggers you simply cannot replace.
this appears to be evidence that mark lisanti, with all due respect to the others, was everything.
still, it baffles me how a site generating 1 million unique visitors a month can’t be profitable.
one thing they dont tell you about lcd and plasma hd tvs, if you dont get an hd signal from the network or if the program isnt shot that way, then your tv will give you a horrible 480i image that is not just bad, its really bad.
it hurts to watch.
thus, when i discovered that abc 7 here in LA, kabc, is broadcasting the red carpet arrivals in hd, i said buh bye to e-crest and now i can see the glitz as if it were indeed 2009.
